Creating a Github Account

There's a new version of Github Desktop currently in beta. You'll need to download and install the non-beta version to follow along with this workshop. To download the previous release, go to https://desktop.github.com/ and scroll to the bottom of the page where it says "Not Ready for Desktop Beta?" and choose Mac or PC.

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If you don't already
have a GitHub account,

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it's pretty straightforward to set up.

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Just go to Github.com and

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don't worry if your page looks a little
bit different than what you see here.

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As you know websites change over time, but

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the basic registration
process should be the same.

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In the form here, first type of username.

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You'll probably end up showing
your work to co-workers or

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employers, so be sure to pick a name
that's somewhat professional.

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Enter your email and a secure password.

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Then click sign up for GitHub.

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GitHub offers different
levels of accounts.

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If you're working on projects that you
don't want to share with the whole world,

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you can pay for private projects.

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But it's free to set up a basic account
where your projects are public.

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We'll leave it at the default setting
unlimited public repositories, and

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click continue.

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A project on github is called
a repository, for each project you'll want

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to share we'll create a new repository and
add your files to it.

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As you can see we don't have any
repositories just yet, but in the next

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couple of videos, we will set up GitHub
desktop and learn how to add them.